The vertebrate phototransduction cascade: Amplification and termination mechanisms

Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology

Volumn 154, Issue , 2005, Pages 101-121

  Chen, C K ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED ION CHANNELS; CYCLIC-NUCLEOTIDE GATED ION CHANNELS; ION CHANNEL; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE 6; RHODOPSIN; TRANSDUCIN;

ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA ROD; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; RHODOPSIN; RODS (RETINA); TRANSDUCIN;

EID: 33646178523     PISSN: 03034240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/s10254-005-0004-5     Document Type: Review

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